Low back pain guideline part 3: Examination & Analysis During your examination, you should evaluate the activities that your patient is having problems with, ROM, musculature and skin of the lumbar spine and the surrounding joints. In case of suspected lumbosacral radicular syndrome, the guideline recommends the use of the straight leg raise test as well as the finger to floor distance to make this hypothesis more/less likely. After your patient-history taking and examination, you should be able